Rise & Shine: HS crowding is down but still severe, says IBO

  • High school crowding is down, but half of students still go to overcrowded schools. (Post, Daily News)
  • The emergency power Joel Klein claimed this week was given by last year’s mayoral control law. (Times)
  • A city school bus driver who also takes food to the homeless won a federal medal of honor. (AP)
  • Denver’s schools are deep in debt from a complicated financial deal meant to bail them out. (Times)
  • Early childhood education advocates say they were shut out of innovation fund winners. (Times)